XP won't start

[gavin]

Yes it does, but it does exactly the same as all the other
options.
>-----Original Message-----
>Not sure, but does XP Home have a Last Known good
>Configuration when you do a F8?
>>-----Original Message-----
>>When I switched the computer on a message
>>stating that windows (Windows xp home) shut down due to
>>power failure, and to choose one of the options given
>>(safe mode;safe mode with command prompt etc.)No matter
>>which option I took, just before desktop came up, the
>>computer restarted. I tried every option several times
>but
>>always the same result.
>> So I tried to return the computer to the factory
>defaults
>>using 'Recovering system without using windows' trying
>>both non-destructive then destructive versions. After
>>running one of these, the computer ran a check disk scan
>>looking for faults on the drive. This time when the
>>computer started it gave a blue screen with white text
>>stating that Windows had found a fault and shut down
>>to protect the computer. Any help or advice would be
very
>>much appreciated.
>>
>>.
>>
>.
>